AMD discontinuing Mopar parts

I think a lot of you are missing the point. They didnt discontinue the common to "ALL" A body stuff like rear framerails, framerail tie bars, trunk floors, main floors, outer rockers, inner and outer wheel houses, trunk drops, front inner fenderwells, lower radiator support, upper and lower cowl plenum etc because its structural, and commonly either rusted out or cut into for wheel tubs and crap.

The quarters you can buy a 67 one and make it into a 68 with just a strategically placed hole from a hole saw. In fact I used to do just that back in the day. Making it into a 69 would require a little more effort with the recessed reflector. Reuse that section from the old panel. Heck my trunk pan has the correct filler tube hole for a 70-76, but not 67-69. That's not a deal breaker for me. I'm glad to have a complete brand new trunk floor. I can either modify the sheetmetal for the earlier floor grommet, or buy a 70 up floor grommet and cover it with a trunk floor mat.

Like everyone else, I do like the fact that there is repop stuff available. Its waaaay better than it was for this stuff in the 1980s and 1990s where the stuff was non existant and you hunted the midwest for donor cars. But when the sources of this stuff dries up, I will go back to what I used to do before that. Everything back then was a scavenger hunt, repurpose, or make what you need.

Maybe after riding high on the success of B and E body cars resurgence, AMD thought A bodys were gonna be the next "BIG" thing. Maybe that didnt happen. I dunno. I dont work for them. Just speculating. I doubt they lost money on any of this stuff. They have to purge what doesnt sell. If you have a few projects waiting in the wings that need this stuff that's being discontinued, then buy up what you need. When your credit card bill comes, take out a small loan and pay it off. Then you have what you need. Discounted duster fenders, damn I wish they had cuda fenders. Buy em on sale stash em away.

Stamping dies do wear out and require rebuilding to use again, but not with the small amount of parts runs that were made. I think the same framerail goes from 1963 or 64 to 1973 then changes for the impact bumper shocks. Think about how many A bodys were built between that timeframe. That's a lot of stamping. I realize outer body sheetmetal dies require a bit more mtx to stay nice, however the amount of outer body parts done by them on a hobby level compared to factory production of say 80,000 vehicles per year isnt enough to wear em down.

They are getting rid of stuff that's not a mover. I mean I just bought barracuda coupe drip rail mouldings for 2 cars. From what I have seen, people use coupes as parts cars for fastbacks and convertibles. As such, I imagine it was a slow seller. I am glad they made it, but understand why it was discontinued. Also who would buy the standard barracuda valance when you can buy the dual cutout one.

The 67-69 fastback full quarter discontinuation I dont understand. Theres a lot of those cars out there. Or maybe like others, I fall into the cheapskate category but I wasnt going to buy fastback full quarters for $500 a side, then hack the tops of em off for a coupe. I bought goodmark skins. I hear they dont fit as good as AMD, but God willing in about 6 months from now I guess I will find out for myself how good they do fit. My projects condition leaves me no choice in the matter.

I could be right, I could be wrong, but this is the way I see it.